1. ὀκτώ · oktō — Beekes
The corpus record
ὀκτώ
okto
eight
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Where it lives
- For Polystratus 4 · 20.95/10k
- Against Diogeiton 3 · 17.73/10k
- Against Aphobus 1 8 · 17.63/10k
- Esdras II 16 · 13.48/10k
- Epinomis 5 · 7.93/10k
- Esdras I 6 · 7.29/10k
- Paralipomenon I 8 · 6.02/10k
- 1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
- Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 3 · 5.71/10k
- Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Machabaeorum II 4 · 3.46/10k
Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
ὀκτώ [num.] ‘eight’ (Hom.). °VAR Boeot. Lesb. ὀκτό like δύο, Heracl. hoxtw after ἕξ, ἑπτά, El. ὀπτώ after ἑπτά. COMP As a first element, we usually find ὀκτα- (after énta-, &a-, etc.) in ὀκτακόσιοι ‘eighthundred’ and in many bahuvrihis like ὀκτά-μηνος ‘eight months old, eight monthly’ (Hp., X., Arist.). Besides, there is Oktw- in ὀκτω-καίδεκα, ὀκτωδάκτυλος ‘with a breadth of eight fingers’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀκτώ, p. 1117]
2. ὀκτώ · oktō — Chantraine
ὀκτώ : «huit» (Hom., ion.-att., ete.). Formes dialectales : béot. et lesb. ὀκτό et ὄκτο (Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 1,275 et 73), d'après δύο à côté de δύω ; héracl. hour d'après ἕξ, ἑπτά (Schwyzer 62,34), éléen ὀπτώ {Schwyzer 419) d’après ἑπτά. Au premier terme de composé, ὀχτώ- est la forme la plus ancienne, cf. ὀκτωκαίδεκα avec des dérivés et des composés (mais plus tard δεκαοκτώ), et des composés possessifs : … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀκτώ, p. 807]
3. ὀκτώ · oktō — Frisk
ὀκτώ (böot. lesb. ὀκτό wie δύο, herakl. λοχτώ nach ἕξ, ἑπτά, el. ὀπτώ nach ἑπτά) ‘acht’. Als Vorderglied neben ὄκτω- in ὀκτωxaldexa, ὀκτω-δάκτυλος “acht Finger breit’ (Hp., Ar. usw.) u.a. gewöhnlich ὄκτα- (nach ἕπτα-, ἐξα- usw.) in ὀκτα-κόσιοι und in zahlreichen Bahuvrihi, z.B. ὀχτά-μηνος “acht Monate alt, achtmonatig’ (Hp., X., Arist. usw.). Daneben ὀγδοήκοντα, das wie ἑβδομή-κοντα von der Grundzahl ausgehen ge … — [Frisk, s.v. ὀκτώ, p. 1346]
4. ὀκτώ · oktō — Frisk
ὀκτώ. Vermutung zur Vorgeschichte bei Szemerenyi Syncope 3991. S. auch zu ὄγδοος Nachtr. ὀλιβρόν --- ὄναρ 161 Brußepöv. Damit vergleicht Pisani Paideia 19 (1964) 117 arm. Ipire “glatt, schlüpfrich’ ; Jautlich nicht befriedigend. Bruoßos. Tibiletti Athenaeum 47 (1969) 303ff. verbindet damit ἀλίσβη" ἀπάτη H. (64- äol. für ἀλ-) und vermutet kleinasiat. Herkunft. — [Frisk, s.v. ὀκτώ, p. 2286]
5. ὀκτώ · oktō — LSJ
eight
eight, Il. 2.313, etc. : prov. πάντα ὀ., in reference to the eight spheres, Timoth. ap. Theo Sm. p.105 H. (Cf. Skt. aṣṭấ, aṣṭáu, Lat. octo, Goth. ahtau, etc.)
In the wild
- ὀκτὼ · oktō Aristophanes, Acharnians 130 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
- ὀκτὼ · oktō Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 57)
- ὀκτὼ · oktō Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 792)
- ὀκτώ · oktō Aristotle, Ars Poetica 23
- ὀκτὼ · oktō Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..23 (DIORISIS sentence 295)
- ὀκτὼ · oktō Aristotle, Economics 1352b (DIORISIS sentence 346)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀκτώ (scan pp. 1117-1118; entry #4499).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀκτώ (scan pp. 807-808; entry #5851).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀκτώ (scan pp. 1346-1347; entry #4218).
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